Cinema Sewer's Robin Bougie claimed that 1993 was "the year it all went to shit" - claiming it signified a downward trend for many notable directors. Personally, I consider it a vintage year for cinema as it delivered some serious heat:
Films I liked from 1993, but not revisited in ages:
Alive; Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; Body Bags; Body Snatchers; A Bronx Tale; Cliffhanger; Coneheads; The Dark Half; Demolition Man; Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story; Hot Shots! Part Deux; In the Name of the Father; Judgement Night; Last Action Hero; Needful Things; The Nightmare Before Christmas; Red Rock West; Ticks; and Trauma.
Films from 1993 I shamelessly haven't seen:
Boxing Helena; CB4; The Joshua Tree; Matinee: Robin Hoood: Men in Tights; A Perfect World; Sonatine; and Who's the Man?
Unpopular opinion:
Phil Tippett described himself as extinct thanks to computer aided visual effects being employed on such a grand scale in Spielberg's dinosaur themed blockbuster, Jurassic Park. Neither cared much for the film nor its CGI wizardry back then - and still prefer stop motion animation and practical effects over it to this day.
2 personal top 10 of all timers in this list with Groundhog Day and True Romance.
ReplyDeleteDazed & Confused is also 1993, but apart from Milla Jovovich looking fit as fook, that movie is a particular brand of 'Muricana I find annoying.
Think True Romance might be my number one film for 1993.
ReplyDeleteMilla Jovovich was definitely fine back in the day.